The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-03-24
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THINGS OF INTEREST TRAN
SPRING DAILY,
Notwithstanding the Adjournment OF
COngress-Judge Cooley TO
be President
OF THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION,
Mr.. Manning's Successor viii Not be
Appointed Before April 1st-It
VIII be Mr.. Fairchlld.

WASHINGTON, March ga call fol
$4,000, 900 three per cent. bonds, To
mature May 1st, will probably be
issued this afternoon.
The Acting Secretary OF the Treas
Dry this afternoon issued the 148th
call for the redemption OF bonds. The
call 10 for $4,000, 900 Of the 8 per cent.
loan OF 1882, aud notice is given that
the principal and accrued interest oil
the bonds designated will be paid at
the Treasury Of the United States, in
the city of Washington, on the frat
day Of May, 1887, and that the interest
on said bonds will cease ON that day.
The Star tonight says that Judge
Cooley is to be PRESIDENT OF the Iuter-
state Commerce Commission, and that
this will accord with the wishes OF the
President in the matter.
In the case OF the Chicago, st. Paul,
Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Com
pany, the Secretary Of the Interior has
declined TO concur IN the recemmenda.
ton Of the Commissioner OF the Gem
eral Land Office, that the company be
eDioined from cutting and dsposing
OF timber from it's unimproved select
ed lands in the State OF Wisconsin
within it's indemnity limite, which
selections have not yet been
approved because of the non-com
pletion of the road within the
time limited by the granting act,
though fully completed since that
time. The Secretary holds that the
road having been completed, and CON-
gress having failed to declare a forfeit
ure, the company is entitled 10 It's fall
benefit. The Secretary directs the
Commissioner to forthwith adjust the
said grant and transmit for approval
proper lists OF lands selected and sub
ject to selection by the company
within the indemnity limits Of the
grant.
The act TO prohibit the importation
aud immigration OF foreigners and
aliens under contract or agreement to
perform labor in the United States,
which was approved February 20 J,
should, according to it's provisions,
have gone into effect today. The
Acting Secretary OF the Treasury, who
is charged with the execution OF this
act, has not yet had an opportunity to
prepare the regulations essential to its
proper enforcement. They are now,
In course Of preparation, and will be
issued in few days. 1t is said at the
department that the delay is caused
by the difficulties experienced in
reconciling seemingly inconsistent
provisions contained in the act.
Mrs Hoyt, the Presidents sister, re.
turned TO her home at Kingston, N.
Y, this afternoon. Mrs. Gregg, OF
Buffalo, is now a guest at the White
House.
tits learned on good authority that
Secretary Manping's successor will
not be appointed before April LIST, the
date upon which Mr.. Manning's resig-
nation takes place. The belief still
prevails that Assistant Secretary Fair.
child will receive the appointment.
Every few weeks tho country Is In
formed that the Tongue River indiana
in Montana, are starving to death
The reiteration OF this report wearied
Commissioner Atkins and he recently
took steps to fud out the facts. He
has today received a dispatch from
Agent Upshaw to the effect that no
Indians under that agency have
starved TO death and that they are
drawing their customary Iations.
The question was recently presented
to the Attorney General as to whether
the Secretary OF the Treasury has the
power to remit the forfeiture OF the
schooner San Diego, her tackle, appa
ra1 apd f,trnitt,ta hxy virtpa ~ lba con
tenoe OF condemnation pronounced
against the said vessel, etc, on the
An Of October, 1886, in the case Of the
United States vs. l., N. Handy and the
schooner San Diego, by the United
States District Court for the District o
Alaska, under section 1855 Of the r.
vised S.atu es, for being engaged II
killing fur seals. Another question
presented WIS as to whether Bucl
power OF remission resides in thu
Secretary OF the Treasury under sec
ton 1858 Of the Revised Statutes, o.
the fifth paragraph OF section 1908 o
the Revised Statutes, or any othe,
statute { { the United States. The At
torney General has given an opinion
on tho subject, in which he says tina
90 far as section 1853 is concerned, |
is quite clear that II gives the Secre
tary no authority tn remit the forfeit
ure OF vessel for being engages
in killing fur seals--au offens
which, he Gays, has no connection
with the revenue or navigation law
OF the United States. He says: ~
would seem impossible to hold tina
the forfeiture in question, which wa
not incurred by reason OF any act don
in either OF the islands Of st. Paul ant
st. George" Is within the power Of re
mission conferred upon the Secretary
OF the Treasury by the Il h paragraph
of section 1898, which provides tina
the Secretary OF the Treasury may ex
ercise that power ''if the fac, penalt
OF forf, iturs, was imposed by virtue Q
any provisions OF law relating to fu
seals upon the islands Of st. Paul an
st, George II only remains for m
to say that my Investigations have no
conducted me to any leg station unde
which you (the Secretary OF the Treas
ury) could remit the forfeiture il
question.
The Commissioner OF Pensions is in
formed OF the arrest at Kansas CT
and the impending ttiAl OF one Bras
don, alias st. Clair, who has beef
fl iecing pension claimants by repre-
senting himself an an officer OF tn
bureau and receiving money for
promise 10 promote action upon thei
claims, 1t is said that this Is not hi
first ohense.
The Commissioner of the Generl
Land Office has rejected the applies
ton OF the heirs OF John L Boutlign
for the issue Of prize land scrip to tn
extent Of 10000 acres. This clair
dates from the year I'LL and Is in
volved in the historic operations {
George Law, OF South Sea bubble fam,
1t Is based upon au alleged grant by tn
Government Of France covering pol
ton of the then French colony {
Louisiana. The Commissioner of tn
Land Office in the year 1888 decide
that the claim was invalid and void
but the claimants, heirs succeeded /
1867 in setting an act passed by Cor
press affirming their title and ordeTin